We are also looking for your thoughts on how you will pay for care when you are old? Will you need to sell your home? Will you join the voluntary social insurance scheme? Let the People's Panel know and four entries will be picked for publication.

Congratulations to our columnist Richard Vize who won the freelance business category at the Medical Journalism Awards last night. The judges described his writing as 'elegant' and you can read some of his work here and here, plus his latest piece will be on the network tomorrow morning.

The Guardian reports that smokers who manage to quit gain an average of 4-5kg (9-11lb)– much more weight than the amount usually quoted in health advice leaflets – research has revealed. While such leaflets often say quitters typically put on 2.9kg in weight as a result, the reality is they have often added an extra 4-5kg after a year. The 2.9kg figure is an "inaccurate" underestimate and doctors should give patients who want to quit a more realistic picture, says the research published on the British Medical Journal's website.

Finally, a roundtable on SocietyGuardian looked at the advantages of both home and hospital births, drawing on the recent Birthplace study by Oxford University which looked at the safety, cost and provision of maternity services in England.

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